Re: Get your federal firearms license and buy guns wholesale
- From: Jeff Folloder <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:16:36 +0000 (UTC)
Tom Wait wrote:
# Everything you need to obtain an FFL will be provided at no charge by the
# BATF&E. Pick up your phone and call your local office and tell them you want
# to apply for an FFL. They'll send you a big yellow envelope with the app.
# and info you need.
# Home based businesses are discouraged by ATF. they want to get the hobbyists
# off the FFL roles. Many licenses are not renewed. Your place of business
# must be zoned for business. You must notify your local Chief LEO. If he
# doesn't like you, no FFL. The background check is extensive, the FBI will
# talk to your wife and friends and neighbors. If you rent your place of
# business, you need a letter from the owner stating he knows your intentions.
# All this from my friendly local ATF inspector, and at no charge to any of
# you. I hate to jump on any one trying to earn a buck, but charging for
# information that is supplied free from the government which is funded by the
# people pisses me off. I suspect the OP can't make a living selling guns, so
# he tries to sell information that is free for the asking. There is very
# little profit margin on new guns.
#
I had started to reply to the OP several times and then just trashed my
responses. But since you have brought it up, I'd like to chime in.
You are 100% correct! All of this information is available for free
from the ol' BATFe. And yes, the background check is extensive and the
BATFe actively discourages "kitchen table" enterprises. The sale of a
few firearms a year doesn't constitute a valid need in their eyes.
Further, somebody who is only purchasing a few firearms a year is not
going to enjoy *extensive wholesale purchase discounts*. Margins on
firearms ain't that great. Better prices are given in tiers based upon
purchase quantity. It is quite likely that the FFL will wind up costing
you a whole lot more than you'll save (if you really save anything) in
the long run.
And after actually looking at the link provided by the OP, it would seem
that he was pushing the C&R version of the FFL. That's going to limit
what can be purchased and sold, as well!
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Jeff Folloder
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